Aviation needs to ‘reinvent itself’ on sustainability
The coronavirus crisis has heightened the need for more environmentally sustainable practices and the industry needs to “reinvent itself,” a senior easyJet figure has said. The LCC’s sustainability director Jane Ashton said the current pandemic “has been a strong reminder of our relationship with the natural world and raised further, important questions about how the […]
ACI urges strong and coordinated government action to support recovery
Airports Council International (ACI) World has today laid out a road map for the recovery of the airport sector and wider aviation ecosystem from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Aviation is one of the most strategic sectors of national and global economies. It is essential for trade, business, tourism, and economic growth […]
China domestic air travel close to 2019 levels
ForwardKeys is predicting that domestic air travel in China, which has been growing progressively in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, will reach a full recovery by the start of September. In the second week of August, domestic arrivals at Chinese airports reached 86 per cent of 2019 levels and bookings (issued air tickets) hit […]
Support for industry workers
IATA estimates that the coronavirus pandemic has put at least 25 million aviation-related jobs at risk. With pop-up quarantines, lightening lockdowns, and continuing uncertainty that number will only increase. People in aviation are losing jobs and many are suffering from mental health issues. Aviation Action—launched by Chris Wild, Head of Airfield Operations at the UK’s […]
Airport industry reaffirms commitment to climate action as aviation takes first steps towards post-COVID-19 recovery
As the aviation sector looks towards initial greenshoots of recovery, airports have renewed their commitment to climate action as a cornerstone of rebuilding an industry dealt a devastating blow by the global pandemic. Through its Airport Carbon Accreditation programme first launched in 2009, the airport industry laid down the gold standard for carbon management in […]
How Top Aviation Leaders See The Future Of The Airline Industry
At the end of April a virtual event by the name of FlightPlan was held, in which the future of aviation was discussed by 50+ contributors including aerospace and airline executives from around the world. The discussions, put together by Inmarsat Aviation in collaboration with APEX, touched on everything from digitalization in the industry to […]
The continued shutdown of Latin America and Caribbean is hurting regional airlines
With COVID-19 infections accelerating, the majority of Latin America and Caribbean countries still closed to commercial travel, and Europe imposing travel restrictions, the tourism and aviation industry risks losing millions of jobs and seeing more airlines filing bankruptcy, two leading industry organizations say. On Thursday, the International Air Transport Association and the World Travel & […]
ACI and IATA Call for Governments to Bear Costs of Public Health Measures
Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have today urged that costs related to public health measures aimed at mitigating the spread of communicable diseases should be borne by governments. The COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the industry and broader economy has halted aviation at global level, leading to multi-billion losses […]
Delta CEO Ed Bastian at Milken Institute conference: Resilience and commitment at the intersection of two crises
Delta CEO Ed Bastian discussed redefining “business as usual” in a time of multiple crises during a panel discussion last week sponsored by the Milken Institute’s Summer Series virtual conference. Ed appeared with the chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, U.S. of the Financial Times, Gillian Tett; President at the University of California, Janet […]
European aviation unites in calls for support for green recovery from COVID-19
With the gradual restarting of passenger air transport in the coming weeks, leaders from over a dozen air transport associations representing Europe’s aviation sector today issued an urgent call for EU leaders to prioritise specific decarbonisation initiatives in their allocation of future COVID-19 recovery funding. European aviation continues to reel from the sudden collapse of […]
